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Thursday, May 29, 2008

A crocodile pillow was found...A. on Clayton's bedB. shoved behind the couch and the wallC. in the backyardD. in the refrigerator

A toy rocket ship was found...A. in the mailboxB. in the box of cars and trucksC. in the backyardD. in the beef stew we had for dinner

A ball of Play-dough was found...A. in the toiletB. in the Play-dough boxC. in the backyardD. in Lexi's bed

An empty Pringles container was found...A. in the garbage canB. in the bathtubC. in the backyardD. on the bookshelf

A pair of shoes were found...A. in the closetB. on Austin's headC. in the backyardD. in the dishwasher

Some doll clothes were found...A. in the box of doll thingsB. In my shoeC. in the backyardD. in Joe's car

Half a plastic Easter egg was found...A. in Brooklyn's diaperB. in the box of Easter decorationsC. in the backyardD. in some pasta salad

Three baseball mitts were found...A. under the couchB. in the microwaveC. in the backyardD. in the kids' baseball bags

If you answered C to all of the above, you are correct. Although, I have to admit if you guessed any of the other choices, you're probably right about those too. I also found a plastic turtle, a toy hairbrush, a toy spatula, a dozen plastic spoons, a bat, a piece from an Oreo cookie games, 2 cups, 1 flip flop, a squirt gun, a Hippity Hop, 2 empty containers of Play-Dough, a model airplane, a sweater, a couple dozen whiffle balls, an empty Coke bottle, a dried piece of cheese, a Tupperware container, and half a moldy apple. This is what happens at my house if we fail to remind the kids to pick up their stuff 5 or 6 times before calling them inside for dinner.

All we need now are some car parts, a broken toilet, and a couple old appliances.

Wow it looks just like my backyard, literally! My 3 year old also dragged a big cardboard box that was supposed to be recycled out into the yard. That was not so bad except it still had the styrofoam in it; which he proceded to break into a thousand little pieces all over the yard!

Seriously LOL--our yard was like that, too. The boys and I picked it up. We live on the coast so our yard is sand under the bark. No one has grass here because it doesnt' grow and if you do have grass you have to nurse it ten times a day to keep it alive. We dug so much crap out of the sand. Ugh! I even forgot about some of it! LOL

When my brother bought the 105 year old farmhouse he lives in, the grass was 4 to 5 feet tall, all the way around it, and the only way to really get it down was to burn it, so they did. They found, once they were done with the controlled burn, 54 baseballs, 13 bats, 3 lawnmowers, and the burned remains of a vehicle. When they pulled the carpeting up, to replace it, there was a half eaten, petrified PB&J sandwich, UNDER the carpeting on the stairs. The carpet was tacked down! There was a sandwich UNDER there... So you've got nothing on them! LOL

Our backyard looks like that too, and the front yard, and the side yard, and now that I think of it, the inside of the van, the living room, the bathroom, wait a minute, pretty much every space my family occupies at one time or another looks like that after we've been there...hmm...maybe we live the same life. Does your yard scare the neighbors? Ours is the only one on the block that looks like that. Too bad it doesn't bug us as much as it does them! Love the blog, keep it up.

Hi Dawn, You are so funny taking pictures of all that stuff! My husband is a carpenter and he brings home extra stuff. We have a yard full. Broken snow blowers. Broken lawn mowers. A pool ladder with no pool. Three broken cars. I could make a huge list of junk I wish would vanish. Kristine in Michigan.

lol Dawn- I think that's the piece missing from our cookie match game! But are your kids as much fun as mine? They take all that stuff and more into the backyard but most of it ends up over the fence in our neighbors' yards!

we have the rusty applinances , broken swing set, two cars and a truck all that run but one we dont have a key for and I dont have the two hundred dollars to get the key replaced. a broken big wheel, old grill and assorted other items that were brought here from different jobs just incase we might need them one day....UGGGGGG

That is so funny! I just blogged about all of the interesting things found in unlikely places the other day. I only have two and one of them doesn't even walk yet. I assume the mess will just get bigger from here.

I am so glad to know I'm not the only one whose yard looks like that! Only it's my FRONT yard, and it's the work of just two little munchkins. Yep, we're rednecks. And a few minutes ago I walked into the front door thinking, "I really need to pick up all this crap," but then I didn't because I'm nine months pregnant (due tomorrow!) and it hurts too much to bend over or squat down. What are the odds I can get my boys to do all the work?

I've been meaning to ask you for a SSO question: at what age do you start potty-training? Have you found any proven methods that work? (seriously...?) My 3rd child will be 2 in August and potty-training the older two was pretty Hades-ish (they weren't really fully trained until 3 1/2). Diapers keep getting more and more expensive, and I would just like a veteran mom's opinion! Thanks!

You know what I love about you, that you not only are just like me, but that you are clever enough to turn it into a fabulously funny post. I swear that is my back, side & front yard every darn day! I just wouldn't be smart enough to turn it into a funny quiz!:) Debi

I walked into my bathroom to take care of things yesteday and discovered a 2-foot-long alligator in my bathtub. It wasn't real and I knew that but DH would have blown a gasket if he had seen it first. The kids fake spiders and snakes laying about freak him out on a regular basis.Baby!

Look at all those "whirlybird" seeds! Looks like you have a bumper crop this year. When we still lived up north, we had about 20 silver maples on our lot - when the seeds dropped our yard, roof, gutters were covered in seeds. Don't miss that at all.

Loved this! I live in a row home so my yard is entirely too small to put anything but our two pug in. However, I've found similar items shoved into my bathroom vanity. Such creative children! Needless to say I dread cleaning days...

****Dawn! I love the quiz!!! I'm glad to know that I am not the only mother finding things in odd places!

***Just wanted to let you know that you have inspired me to start a blog of my own about the things that happen to me. If you have time (Yeah Right!!! I know!!!) check it out... I just started it so there isn't much there but I did link your blog and gave you some credit as my inspiration!